The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-05
rnE END or TIE SESSION.


cred IA speech In the senate run Wiz"
ne Yesterday retired on his iaVori,e nnupy,
,h.; rho members of the Senate SHOULD be
elected by the people. Aver Ie'iewlnS
the history nf the origin ~ the Srtate, VI
the manner 10 which modern Senators are
elected, and of lis course oi action during
the past 90 and odd years, he took OCCASION
10 relieve him self on the sublect OF sena.
totial Legislative abuses Of the public In a
manner that will meet with hearty re-
sponse from the body of the people, who
cannot but be alarmed at the rapidity with
which in late years the Senate Is becoming
and has become the hayeu for millionairer,
CORPORATION counsels rad monopoly agents
of all sorts and Kinds. Corporations.
said Mr. Van Wyck, have taken tn, pace
of slavery Corporations and their
servants, like slavery and its master', can
learn nothing by experience; blinded oy
pride, mpelled by avarice and greed, Will
listen to 40 suggestions, make no conces
sIons In recognition OF justice and ight
until disasters gather about them"
There Is much demagoguery, no doubt
In the crusade against corporations; never,
the,ess, the abuses growing out OF them
cannot be disguised. Men are selfish
greedy. Corporations &c necessitdte ret are
even more so; and only firm and reient
less guarding of the public Interest can
save II from the rapacity of the ildisposed.
If then, as Is only too apparent from the
action of the Senate during even only the
Or esent session. the supreme Law making
DO wer is itself both part and Also the
agent Of the corporation Interests OF the
iaad, where will the rights of the people
doc champion and a protectorr
Congress came TO an end at noon yester
day. All week II has been at work on the
appropriation bills; and the total expended
will be large enough 70 suit the most lib
ersI hand While the house has AZ rule
been inclined TO put check TO the HOOD,
the Senate, on the other hand, has dohe its
best 10 open the gates 70 their full limit.
There have been compromises, OF course;
but the increase will DO largely chargable
to the Senate. If the Senate paid taxes In
proportion 10 It's wealth there would be less
reason for vexation on the part OF the
public In general.
One OF the most satisfactory results OF
the session to this locality Is the final rec
ognition of the Hennepin canal and I'LL.
a0is river improvement scheme. By the
passage OF the appropriation bill In which
L is included, the government has com.
United itself 10 the improvement, 80 that
In the future the duty Of It's friends will DO
not to secure for II merely recognition, hut
To see to II that appropriations are made Tor
the prosecution of the work. AS the mat.
ter now stands, Its ultimate completion IL
only matter of time The appropriation
this year IL only $50 00 but this calls for
plans; and II was, as We said made In such
manner that In the future appropriations
for the work becomes as much matter Of
course as for any public work now In pro
gress.
The week at Springfield has not leen
eventful except as regards the struggle be.
tween Chicago and Springfield for the per,
manent location OF the State Fair. Spring.
field seems TO rather have the start OF Chi.
cago In the matter, though the knot WAS
temporily cut by the location by the COM
missioners Of the Fair for the next two
years at Olney, IN RiChland county Olney
has three railroads, and a population OF
1000 What accommodations aSOuthern Ill
Ia lis town Of that size has to offer the great
.ir- going public may readily be imagined.
Exhibitors may go down prepared TO camp
out or sleep four In bed with the natives
The bill TO print the school books of the
state at the penitentiary, has been approved
by the senate committee. A minority re-.
port will go In, and fun" Is expected.
Among the bills presented. Is one taxing
railroads on gross earnings; TO pay To treas
urers of Incorporated villages, towns, &c,
of onehalf road and bridge tax collected
In the towns; to enable mutual companies
10 Insure live stock; and two or three con-
,Jic, or, plnyp a nj hills